Pope Leo's first Christmas homily laments conditions in Gaza, war in Ukraine
In his first Christmas homily, Pope Leo lamented conditions for Palestinians in Gaza and urged Ukraine and Russia to engage in direct talks to end their wr.
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In his first Christmas homily, Pope Leo lamented conditions for Palestinians in Gaza and urged Ukraine and Russia to engage in direct talks to end their wr.
Trump says Hamas will likely release all Israeli hostages by early next week, as the "first phase" of a deal to end the war in Gaza is expected to take effect soon.
The IPC, a global body that monitors hunger crises, says 22 months of war in Gaza have left half a million people facing "starvation, destitution and death." Israel calls it "lies."
Israel drops all war-time restrictions, freeing people to return to their lives under a ceasefire with Iran, but uncertainty over the impact of 12 days of war leaves room for anxiety.
Edan Alexander, a 20-year-old Israeli American who has been held hostage since October 2023, will be released, Hamas announced Sunday.
UC Davis is suspending its Law Student Association and taking over the funds from student fees after the association's calls for a boycott of Israeli-connected businesses.
In a news conferrence with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, President Trump said the U.S. would "take over the Gaza Strip" and "own it."
The death of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar "is an important landmark in the decline of the evil rule of Hamas," Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said.
The German-based sportswear company drew criticism from Israel for including supermodel Bella Hadid in the advertising for the SL72 shoes.
Israel says a strike on a school in Gaza killed a Hamas militant, but a hospital official says it killed 29 Palestinians.
A group of pro-Palestinian demonstrators disrupted a session in the California Assembly chamber Wednesday evening.
Academic workers at UC Davis marched alongside pro-Palestinian demonstrators opposing the war in Gaza. The protest came in response to a court decision last week allowing the school to put a stop to the strike.
Sonoma State University President Mike Lee will retire from his job at the school, notifying officials a day after being placed on leave for an email he sent about the agreement he made with campus protesters on divestment from Israel.
Sonoma State University President Mike Lee was placed on leave Wednesday following an email where he announced he and campus protesters had reached an agreement on divestment from Israel.
A group of pro-Palestinian protesters on Wednesday occupied an abandoned building on the UC Berkeley campus in hopes of bringing attention to what they describe as a genocide in Gaza, according to organizers.
The deadline for protests at Sacramento State to clear out is looming and is set to expire Wednesday night, according to the university's last update.
Pro-Palestinian demonstrations continue to spread to California campuses, and that includes UC Davis, where nearly two dozen tents popped up in the south quad Monday morning.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office says the proposal is "far from meeting Israel's core demands."
Israel has told Palestinians in part of the southern Gaza city of Rafah to evacuate ahead of a long-promised ground offensive.
The NYPD took dozens of protesters at Columbia University into custody Tuesday night. This comes after demonstrators forced their way into a university building and locked themselves inside.
California State Polytechnic University, Humboldt announced Friday that all classes and school business will be conducted remotely for the rest of the semester amid a student occupation on campus protesting the ongoing war in Gaza.
Sabreen Erooh had survived an emergency cesarean section after her mother was fatally wounded in an Israeli airstrike.
As Israel's leader equates U.S. university protests to rallies in Nazi Germany, Palestinian students tell CBS News what the support means to them.
Students protesting the violence in Gaza have brought the Mideast conflict home with an encampment occupying the steps of Sproul Plaza on the Cal campus in Berkeley, and they say they're not leaving until their demands are met.
Antisemitic chants and even threats against Jewish students have brought the tension of the Middle East onto U.S. college campuses.
The 2026 FIFA World Cup came to a close Sunday with Spain defeating Argentina in the championship match, ending a month-long tournament that transformed Sacramento bars, restaurants and coffee shops into gathering places for soccer fans.
HSI is an arm of ICE, meaning the immigration enforcement agency would effectively be investigating incidents involving its own agents.
Firefighters stopped the forward progress of a vegetation fire that forced evacuations Sunday afternoon in the Pilot Hill area of El Dorado County.
Spain dominated the match, outshooting Argentina 20-3, but couldn't manage a goal in regulation.
White House border czar Tom Homan said "I think body cameras are the way to go" after fatal shootings by federal immigration officers in Texas and Maine earlier this month.
The 2026 FIFA World Cup came to a close Sunday with Spain defeating Argentina in the championship match, ending a month-long tournament that transformed Sacramento bars, restaurants and coffee shops into gathering places for soccer fans.
Firefighters stopped the forward progress of a vegetation fire that forced evacuations Sunday afternoon in the Pilot Hill area of El Dorado County.
HSI is an arm of ICE, meaning the immigration enforcement agency would effectively be investigating incidents involving its own agents.
One of the survivors of Tuesday's deadly boat capsizing near Alcatraz Island is speaking publicly for the first time, describing the frantic moments she escaped the sinking vessel and the heartbreak of watching her mother disappear beneath the water.
Spain dominated the match, outshooting Argentina 20-3, but couldn't manage a goal in regulation.
The 2026 FIFA World Cup came to a close Sunday with Spain defeating Argentina in the championship match, ending a month-long tournament that transformed Sacramento bars, restaurants and coffee shops into gathering places for soccer fans.
Granny Award-winning artist Wyclef Jean was scheduled to perform Saturday at the Sky River Casino Stage, but the California State Fair announced just five hours before showtime that the concert had been canceled due to "unforeseen circumstances."
For the first time ever, the California State Fair will feature an exhibit like no other. This temporary display is filled with artifacts and rich traditions from the first people of California.
Christopher Nolan's "The Odyssey" is playing in 70mm IMAX film at Sacramento's Esquire IMAX Theatre, one of only a small number of U.S. locations equipped to show the Matt Damon-led epic in the premium format.
Sources told CBS News Sacramento that the judge dismissed the first-degree murder counts after jurors were unable to reach a unanimous verdict. The jury has now been instructed to continue deliberating on the lesser charge of second-degree murder.
A body found in San Francisco Bay on Thursday afternoon was identified as one of the three passengers missing after the sinking of their boat near Alcatraz Island on Tuesday.
A man who lost relatives in the San Francisco Bay boating tragedy says his brother who captained the vessel was an experienced seaman and not at fault.
A coalition of crime victims' families, prosecutors and victim advocates filed a lawsuit challenging new California Board of Parole Hearings regulations they say could allow some of the state's most violent offenders to seek release.
The U.S. Coast Guard announced Wednesday that the search for three boaters missing after their vessel sank in San Francisco Bay will be suspended at sunset.
A woman was killed in a boating collision on a lake in Plumas County over the weekend, the Sheriff's Office said.
The 2026 FIFA World Cup came to a close Sunday with Spain defeating Argentina in the championship match, ending a month-long tournament that transformed Sacramento bars, restaurants and coffee shops into gathering places for soccer fans.
Spain dominated the match, outshooting Argentina 20-3, but couldn't manage a goal in regulation.
J.T. Ginn took a no-hitter into the seventh inning and the Athletics routed the Washington Nationals 15-1 to end their 10-game losing streak Saturday night.
It was the highest-scoring World Cup game since Hungary beat El Salvador 10-1 in 1982.
British runner Josh Kerr ran the mile in 3 minutes, 42.66 seconds on Saturday, breaking a record that has stood since 1999.
HSI is an arm of ICE, meaning the immigration enforcement agency would effectively be investigating incidents involving its own agents.
White House border czar Tom Homan said "I think body cameras are the way to go" after fatal shootings by federal immigration officers in Texas and Maine earlier this month.
The Justice Department determined this week a federal law banning TikTok from government devices no longer applies to the social video app.
Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin sent letters to four states alleging that a combined 250,000 noncitizens were registered to vote. Elections experts caution that could be a significant overcount.
In a primetime address, President Trump alleged the U.S. election system falls "catastrophically short," revisiting a topic that has drawn his attention for years — and making claims that election experts have heavily disputed.
Taylor Farms said none of its branded salads or kits contain the iceberg lettuce associated with the outbreak.
A Monterey County company is now at the center of a nationwide cyclosporiasis outbreak. The Washington Post is reporting that lettuce from Taylor Farms, a company headquartered in Salinas, may have supplied contaminated lettuce to Taco Bell.
A lettuce supplier to fast-food giant Taco Bell has been linked to a nationwide cyclosporiasis outbreak that has sickened thousands of people, the CDC said.
Officials are still searching for the source of the outbreak, prompting consumers to seek advice on social media about which foods to avoid.
While there are a few Californians sick with cyclosporiasis, there aren't any known local outbreaks right now, and none linked to the national outbreak, state health officials say.
During the program's first year, it will be offered at about 65 to 75 hospitals that handle about a quarter of births in the state and largely serve low-income patients, Newsom's office said.
Fresh off their undefeated season and conference championship win, the women on the team are speaking out for the first time.
Finding the perfect dress isn't easy, but now, selling them could become a lot more challenging.
This weekend, Placer County is hosting its annual Sip Into Spring event, offering free or discounted tastings at more than 20 wineries along what's known as the Placer Wine Trail.
From fruits and veggies to car parts, economists project that businesses will pass along the cost of the tariffs to customers.
President Trump and Gov. Gavin Newsom have made several different claims about California gas prices. Here's what we found.
This year-long investigation provides an unprecedented look at California's one-party supermajority legislature through the eyes of grieving parents who discover how California lawmakers kill popular bills by not voting.
This year-long investigation by CBS News California investigative correspondent Julie Watts examines the many components of California's new tougher-on-crime law.
A Natomas mother demanded that her daughter be exhumed and cremated after a Sacramento cemetery moved her grave without telling the family.
The California Highway Patrol captain accused of workers' compensation fraud was the commander in charge of the fatal Mahaney Park shootout in Roseville, three officers who worked under him at the time of the shootout said.
CBS13 and the Call Kurtis consumer investigative team devised an idea on how to lower what consumers owe on their credit cards -- and it begins with a simple phone call.
No one wants to think about death. However, it's important to plan on what happens to your digital assets after you die.
After spending $18,000 on waterproof laminate floors, a Natomas couple spotted damage after the first cleaning.
More than a year after Hai Pham canceled the trial membership, he kept getting charged every month for it.
A Natomas mother demanded that her daughter be exhumed and cremated after a Sacramento cemetery moved her grave without telling the family.
Firefighters stopped the forward progress of a vegetation fire that forced evacuations Sunday afternoon in the Pilot Hill area of El Dorado County.
Nothing but rubble remains of the McCombs home that was destroyed by the Kearny Fire. All their kids' toys, a wedding dress, memories and everything that meant something to them are completely gone.
All evacuation orders were lifted for a grass fire in rural Nevada County, west of Penn Valley, on Tuesday.
The Van Fire was reported Wednesday northeast of White Rock Road in Cathey's Valley, and north of Eastman Lake. The cause of the fire remains under investigation.
Three firefighters were injured while attacking a rapidly spreading vegetation fire sparked by a vehicle fire on Monday afternoon near Groveland, officials said.
Their message is simple: keep showing up, keep moving and keep your heart open, because sometimes, the person who changes your life is living right across the street.
A Sacramento County dog picked up thousands of miles from home after he went missing five years ago was reunited with his family on Wednesday.
What started as a suspicious circumstances call for Rancho Cordova police ended with a newborn surprise.
A once-empty lot behind Church of the Cross in north Modesto now hosts a thriving community garden with more than 140 plots and growers from across the globe.
A Sacramento-area middle school history and English teacher is in the running to win big as America's Favorite Teacher, a title her students think she is more than worthy of being awarded.
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